The November 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, TX, renewed interest in terrorist watchlist screening
and Brady background checks for firearms through the National Instant Criminal Background
Check System (NICS). Pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (P.L. 103-159),
in November 1998 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) activated NICS for the purposes of
determining an individual’s firearms transfer and possession eligibility whenever a private person
seeks to acquire a firearm from a federally licensed gun dealer. Prior to February 2004, however,
the FBI did not conduct terrorist watchlist queries as part of the Brady background checks
because being a known or suspected terrorist was not a disqualifying factor for firearms transfer
and possession eligibility; nor is it today under current law.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/R42336.pdf
and Brady background checks for firearms through the National Instant Criminal Background
Check System (NICS). Pursuant to the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (P.L. 103-159),
in November 1998 the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) activated NICS for the purposes of
determining an individual’s firearms transfer and possession eligibility whenever a private person
seeks to acquire a firearm from a federally licensed gun dealer. Prior to February 2004, however,
the FBI did not conduct terrorist watchlist queries as part of the Brady background checks
because being a known or suspected terrorist was not a disqualifying factor for firearms transfer
and possession eligibility; nor is it today under current law.
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/R42336.pdf
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